Amid nationwide outrage over Tuesday’s massacre at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he would not stage votes on a pair of House-passed gun control bills until after Congress returns early next month from a week-long break — showing the uphill climb any anti-gun measure faces in Congress.In remarks on the Senate floor, Schumer (D-NY) said the delay was meant to give GOP and Democratic senators more time to craft a compromise bill, but warned “if these negotiations do not bear any fruit, the Senate will vote on gun safety legislation when we return.”The House has already passed two bills meant to expand background checks on potential gun buyers, but Schumer initially indicated reluctance to bring them to the floor in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which killed 19 children and two teachers.
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